No Doubts about this Drought

Droughts are Bigger in Texas
Retrieved in entirety by Pat Darnell

[Read More AP Article HERE]
Published Sunday, July 26, 2009 12:07 AM

Cities' water drying up
By JOHN McFARLAND, Associated Press

DALLAS -- Off-duty police officers are patrolling streets, looking for people illegally watering their lawns and gardens. Residents are encouraged to stealthily rat out water scofflaws on a 24-hour hot line. One Texas lake has dipped so low that stolen cars dumped years ago are peeking up through the waterline.

The nation's most drought-stricken state is deep-frying under relentless 100-degree days, and waterways are drying up, especially in the hardest-hit area covering about 350 miles across South-Central Texas. That's making folks worried about the water supply -- and how long it might last.

"The water table's fallin' and fallin' and fallin,' like a whole lot of other people around here," said Wendell McLeod, general manager of Liberty Hill Water Supply Corp. and a 60-year resident of the town northwest of Austin. "This is the worst I can recall seeing it. I tell you, it's just pretty bleak."

There are 230 Texas public water systems under mandatory water restrictions, including those in and near San Antonio, Dallas, Houston and Austin. Another 60 or so have asked for voluntary cutbacks. Water levels are down significantly in lakes, rivers and wells around Texas.

Liberty Hill's Web site urges its 1,400 or so residents in all-red letters to stop using unnecessary water with this plea: "If we follow these strict guidelines, we may have drinking water." The town's shortage eased some with the arrival this week of 35,000 gallons a day from a nearby water system, but residents are still worried.

Prophets of Baseball Diamonds and Rust

Tea Sippers still Number One in the Nation, BUT...
Retrieved by Pat Darnell and the Feral Pigs of Brazos Valley










That's right! There were three teams we infatuated, obsessed, and askew young boys of hot, humid, Houston summer '63, called ourselves. Longhorns, Aggies, or Razorbacks... the latter, often called Sooooeeeee PIGS, were the serious minority in Houston Little League of 1963. That's right, our color scheme did not stray far from Orange, Maroon, or Red.

In rare dramatic form, in the MooPig Baseball Diamond Order of Exemplar Play, Razorbacks have brought great honor and majesty to the history books of unbending sport adage: "It's not if you win or loose; but how you play the game..." baseball legend. This little YouTube does a number on you if you love baseball, it is like the Bolero of sport presentation. You will feel goose flesh somewhere on your bodies.

Thanks to D2R2 for bringing to our attention this Razorback Epic. We are behoove'n to his omniscient awareness of tides, climates, anthropologic shifts, and insect life cycles.

So Say Wee All...

Teasippers in the News

PHOTO: Backup Center Buck Burnette is number 63 in this photo

MooPig said... concerning this article -- Posted Nov 6th 2008 2:30PM by Will Brinson,

Comment # 338 HERE | 11-06-2008 @ 7:58PM

Texas' Buck Burnette Learns Why Racist Obama Facebook Updates Are Dumb...

This is a misleading Title, review by Pat Darnell

The FezBook remark/forwarded message is not related to the "punishment." This is the old parallel mirrors reflecting you into infinity case of "Rules were made to be Broken," -- by the authority, that is.

I think while everyone commenting tries to define racism, I will just laugh at you. Did anyone ask a UT Team Authority why the "backup center" was let go? The reason is unspecified.

Point #1: [I'll go real slow for you now] Shown is the forwarded comment right here on this page: "all the hunters gather up, we have a #$%&er in the whitehouse" forwarded by Will Brinson, author, and now by me.

Is Will Brinson going to lose his position now for repeating the comment?

Point #2: You have to click the article linked to this page to see: "lineman Buck Burnette has been kicked off the team by head coach Mack Brown for an unspecified “violation of team rules.” Rumors are swirling about what Burnette did..."

Point #3: College football is all about Scholarship money. It can only be taken from a player if he/she resigns it or if rules are broken. Coaches are usually in the hot seat to find loopholes in scholarship rules to let a player go... if that player's scholarship is needed for a newer or different player or reason... according to trustees -- capito?

In other words someone is telling me that "the Coach" is an expert on what racism is? That might be truer than the accusations.

My answer is that if this comment in fezBook is the reason for the players dismissal, it is a violation of freedom of speech, from the aspect that fezBook is a "social network." It has nothing to do with Racism or Treason.

My final answer. pd/moopig

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Following is the article -- by Will Brinson

"For those that don't know, Facebook status updates are broadcast to everyone you know. So, if you're going to post something that sounds racist or bigoted, well, don't.

"Texas Longhorn lineman Buck Burnette learned this the hard way. See, here was Buck's Facebook status following Barack Obama's win the presidential election:

"all the hunters gather up, we have a #$%&er in the whitehouse"

"Geez, Buck. Even if you actually feel that way -- which is sad -- why not just keep it to yourself? You know, instead of telling five million people. But he didn't, and naturally, he is now paying the price; he's been kicked off the UT football team.

"On the very tiny bright side, Burnette at least claims to be somewhat remorseful and not racist, issuing the following apology:

Clearly I have made a mistake and apologized for it and will pay for it. I received it as a text message from an acquaintance and immaturely put it up on facebook in the light of the election. Im not racist and apologize for offending you. I grew up on a ranch in a small town where that was a real thing and I need to grow up. I sincerely am sorry for being ignorant in thinking that it would be ok to write that publicly and apologize to you in particular. I have to be more mature than to put the reputation of my team at stake and to spread that kind of hate which I dont even believe in. Once again, I sincerely apologize.

"Yeah, that's all fine and dandy, but it doesn't really help the whole situation. (6.10.2008; Retrieved HERE)"